MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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